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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / October 2004Safe Dosage of Diphenhydramine?
Need to get my cat to sleep. Cat is 12-14lbs. A standard pill is 25mg. What's safe to give Gus? Thanks > Need to get my cat to sleep. Cat is 12-14lbs. A standard pill is 25mg. > What's safe to give Gus? Why do you need him to go to sleep? > > Need to get my cat to sleep. Cat is 12-14lbs. A standard pill is 25mg. > > What's safe to give Gus? > > Why do you need him to go to sleep? Because he tends to the nocturnal, waking me up 2 or three times a night, and I need to start getting up early. >> > Need to get my cat to sleep. Cat is 12-14lbs. A standard pill is 25mg. >> > What's safe to give Gus? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Because he tends to the nocturnal, waking me up 2 or three times a night, > and I need to start getting up early. Try changing his feeding time to before you go to bed. That should make him settle down for a sleep, at least until you're in deep sleep yourself.  Signaturejamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com) "There's a seeker born every minute." > > > Need to get my cat to sleep. Cat is 12-14lbs. A standard pill is 25mg. > > > What's safe to give Gus? > > > > Why do you need him to go to sleep? > > Because he tends to the nocturnal, waking me up 2 or three times a night, and I need to start getting up early. Drugging him is not the answer. Either shut him in a room far enough away that you can't hear him, or in the farthest room from yours and buy a big HEPA filter to put by your bed. The noise keeps you from hearing much. You can also try tiring him out with play a couple of hours before you need to go to bed. Do you even have any idea at all if diphenhydramine is safe for cats? My doctor prescribed nondrowsy Sudafed for my cat when she had a cold, but that was not for sleeping. > > > Need to get my cat to sleep. Cat is 12-14lbs. A standard pill is 25mg. > > > What's safe to give Gus? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Because he tends to the nocturnal, waking me up 2 or three times a night, > and I need to start getting up early. Don't drug the poor animal. Close your bedroom door, or get earplugs. Priscilla > > > Need to get my cat to sleep. Cat is 12-14lbs. A standard pill is 25mg. > > > What's safe to give Gus? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Because he tends to the nocturnal, waking me up 2 or three times a night, > and I need to start getting up early. Why not take a sleeping aid yourself until your cat adapts to your new routine. > > > > Need to get my cat to sleep. Cat is 12-14lbs. A standard pill is 25mg. > > > > What's safe to give Gus? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Why not take a sleeping aid yourself until your cat adapts to your new > routine. Damn, Phil. Simple, brilliant--just beautiful. ;) Why didn't I think of that? > > > > > Need to get my cat to sleep. Cat is 12-14lbs. A standard pill is > 25mg. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Damn, Phil. Simple, brilliant--just beautiful. ;) Why didn't I think of > that? I'm a firm believer in modifying the environment (including my lifestyle) to suit the cat rather than modifying the cat! Phil > > > > > > Need to get my cat to sleep. Cat is 12-14lbs. A standard pill is > > 25mg. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I'm a firm believer in modifying the environment (including my lifestyle) to > suit the cat rather than modifying the cat! Now let's hope the OP didn't drug the cat. > Need to get my cat to sleep. Cat is 12-14lbs. A standard pill is 25mg. > What's safe to give Gus? > > Thanks This stuff is very dehydrating, you may wind up killing your cat. Bad idea. << This stuff is very dehydrating, you may wind up killing your cat. Bad idea. >> I have a high tolerance for most drugs but diphenhydramine (benadryl) wipes me out, just 25 mg of it so I sure wouldn't give it to a cat. I don't think I've heard of benadryl being given to cats. I sure wouldn't do it, you don't know what might happen. If you do what people suggest, play with him before bed, feed him, etc., he will eventually get more on to your schedule. Or lock him elsewhere for the night as others said. Bad idea to experiment with drugs on a cat. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) > << This stuff is very dehydrating, you may wind up killing > your cat. Bad idea. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > elsewhere for the night as others said. Bad idea to experiment with drugs on a > cat. I wonder if John thinks cats respond the same as humans do to these drugs? They have a whole other physiology. Lots of people have no idea that even chocolate can kill dogs and that onions can hurt cats. > Need to get my cat to sleep. Cat is 12-14lbs. A standard pill is 25mg. > What's safe to give Gus? > > Thanks While it is safe to give an accurate dose of diphendyramine to a cat under a vet's supervision, what you are proposing is not acceptable use of a drug. Drugging your cat for something easily handled by other means is dangerous, immoral, and it's unethical for anyone to assist you in the endeavor. I think you're being a little self righteous here. > While it is safe to give an accurate dose of diphendyramine to a cat under a > vet's supervision, what you are proposing is not acceptable use of a drug. > Drugging your cat for something easily handled by other means is dangerous, > immoral, and it's unethical for anyone to assist you in the endeavor. How is it immoral to administer a drug thats' innocuous enough to be seld OTC? For future reference safe dosage is appx 1-2mg per lb of body weight. We're talking about benadryl here people, not oxycontin. > I think you're being a little self righteous here. No, she is right. Drugging your cat is a profoundly stupid idea. Use your head. You got lots of good suggestions. Don't hurt your cat. |
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